WITH THE ENEMY

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13723, 14 November 1916, Page 3

WITH THE ENEMY

IRON HEEL IN BELGIUM. ' MOKE REPRISALS THREATENED. V). i :.■■■ ■ (Australian ana N.Z. Calile Association.) PARIS, November 12. . Tie Gerniaris havb ordered flic arrest and imprisonment, in reprisal camps, of two hundred prominent men and women frota'the oMripiod territories, including a Lille deputy, arid notables from Ronbaix, VaJencicnne, and DouaLNo .reason is i giyen, i .(,,', : . ~.,,„.•, ~, , . ~l M;

TO OVERTHROW ENGLAND. :SAXON'OItGANISATION. ' (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association). ' • MUNICH, November 12. An association for the speedier overthrow of England is spreading in many cities In Saxony. There are 12,000 adherents of the movement-, which'is'supported'by Bavarians, including members of •the-'Eoyal House, prominent gen-erals,-admirals, lawyers; and politicians.' The chief object is to induce the chari' cellor: to act with great vigour. SPY ARRESTED. ATTEMPTED -BLACKMAIL. .(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association). ',, , .WASHINGTON, November .12, . Armngaard/Karl Graves, author of "Secrets of the. German War .Office," has..been arrested, on a charge of attempting to blackmail Countess Bernstorff.. t . Detectives assert that he asked a German Embassy oflicial for 11000 dollars in. return for alleged embarrassing loiters which .the detectives believe were written, by a girl cousin in. Ger- .._ ... ...... WASHINGTON. NEWLY-APPOINTED'AMBASSADOK, :i :■■; I-,.-:, '.'•'■:"■___ (Amtralian Mil N.Z. I'nbla Association.) ... -WASHINGTON, November 11. j-.Cpuiit Detornow Tarnovski has been appointed Austrian Ambassador to. the L T nitcd.Stat.es,- It is believed that the appointment-, is ..satisfactory to the American Goyeniiucut. .. BRIGANDS AT POTSDAM. ' 'SOCIALISTDEPUTY ON AVAR ..I':. ..RESPONSIBILITY. (Australian anil N.Z. Cable Association.-* .LONDON, November 12, A wireless/message from Berne states that a stenographic report of the Reichstag meeting on 27th October contains an*'hitherto unreported speech by- a 'SocialrW; Hcrr Ruckle, who said that the war was started by n band 1 of Imperial brigands with headquarters at Potsdam. They were criminals, with tlieir Ijands stained by the blood of millioi|S. The speaker.stated that.Dr. Liebknccht wanted nothing from them. n,either pardon, nor the amelioration.of his lot in servitude. He would accept nothing from ..them, and awaited liberation by the workers, who, when they understand', the truth, would, rise and p.iij an rinl.to flo/-|i(dbni, In militarism, :ind : Germany's,enemies in'high place/! at 1 Pntsdani. Most, "rtf fh'e'speech was inaudible owing tb' :: t'nhitilt, and ITerr Ruckle was rnpeate'llv- called'to oidw.

, GKOWING'DEMANDJFOR PEACE, i" 1 ■" SERIOUSLY DISCUSSED IN REICHSTAG, ("Seuter's Telegrams,"}, AMSTERDAM, November 10. '. In the Reichstag all parties welcomed the official statement by Dr. von Beth-mnnn-Holhveg that Germany was willing lo join in an international peace union, In reply to a Conservative spokesman, a representative of. the Socialist minority pointed out that Viscount Grey never advocated a boycott for the destruction of Germany; and also declared that peace was impossible if Belgium was reduced to the condition of a vassal State. The Frcisinnigc Zcitung says:— "Now is the time for the Entente, and especially for England, to produce a poace programme, 'Die Socialist newspaper Vorwncrts hopes that' Dr. von Bethmann-Hollwcg's speech will help to dissipate the clouds of hostile distrust, The Lokal Anzciger. commenting on Mr Asquith's Guildhall speech, says:— "The Germans are fully occupied with their own affairs, and can hardly be expected to act as tho saviours of Armenians and others suffering.from the misfortunes of war. . , The paper adds: "Nobody iu Germany has the slightest' inclination for a separate peace with. British, but it' other enemy States sound Germany we will perhaps try to build them a bridge."

AUSTRIA FADED WITH STARVATION, BREAD OR DEFEAT. (Australian nod N.Z. Cable Association.'/ '■ LONDON, November 12. . A wireless message from Zurich states that Hungary's inability, owing to.the invasion of Transylvania, to furnish Austria with more than.one-sixth of the wheat promised in August and September, lias led to angry protests in Vicuna. The Austrian paper Allgemciiie Zeihing asserts that pressure must certainly be brought to bear, on Hungary. The paper adds: "Hungary must'give us bread or famine is inevitable; in other words, unless Hungary keeps her promise, she will force us to accept defeat,"